LAHORE – Karachi Kings are set to take on Lahore Qalandars in the HBL PSL X Eliminator 1 at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium tonight.
Shaheen Afridi’s Qalandars are eyeing their third title while David Warner led Kings have their sights set on a second title.
The two teams have faced each other 21 times in PSL history with Kings winning 14 matches, while Qalandars have won only seven.
In the ongoing season, both the teams have won one each in the league-stage as the 15 April game at the National Bank Stadium saw Qalandars winning by a thumping 65-run margin. In the second clash of the season Karachi Kings outfoxed Qalandars in a rain-hit 15-over fixture by four wickets.
For the Kings, James Vince has been one of the star performers having accumulated 374 runs in 10 matches at a strike rate of 152 and with the ball Mohammad Abbas Afridi has eked out 17 scalps – the most so far in the season, in as many matches.
Fakhar Zaman has been the lynchpin of Lahore’s batting with 369 runs at a strike rate of 155, while Haris Rauf has taken 12 wickets.
The high-stakes Eliminators 1 tonight will see one of the teams facing Islamabad United tomorrow, while the loser’s campaign will come to an end.
